There's no ESX server client - that said, I don't know about 6.5 or what
Symantec's road map might include in the VMWare space. VI3 does come
with a solution, VCB (VMWare Consolidated Backup). That's probably what
he should be using to protect his ESX boxes. In a DR scenario, an ESX
server hosting, say, 15 guest machines, the only way to get them back is
to restore one host at a time.
Jeff Lightner wrote:
No -- I think he is saying he has no issues backing up the virtual
machines on top of vmware. What he wants to do is backup the
underlying "real" machine so he can restore vmware itself. (i.e.
Backup what would be there if there were no virtual machines setup yet.)
In that case there is no "C" drive because vmware is Linux rather than
Windows. You'd have to have a client installed there. NetBackup
comes with RedHat Linux clients but I don't know if there is a vmware
client.
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of
*Martin, Jonathan
*Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:44 AM
*To:* Kevin Whittaker; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
*Subject:* Re: [Veritas-bu] VMWARE Backup question
Ok... so
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 1
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 2
Host_1 --> Virtual Machine 3
Verify that Host_1 (in my example above) is in DNS and make sure you
specify host_1 in your policy with the C:. I'd also make sure you
exclude the directories with your virtual machines in them. Forget
about Virtual Machines, this is just a standard file level backup of
that server.
-Jonathan
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*From:* Kevin Whittaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:32 AM
*To:* Martin, Jonathan; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
*Subject:* RE: [Veritas-bu] VMWARE Backup question
No.... That is not it.
I am backing up the virtual clients just fine, using standard
NetBackup procedures.
I want to backup the actual servers C drive, not one of the VMWARE
client's.
I believe I am just using the wrong terminology.
It is not even getting connected, because it keeps getting the 58 and
29 status codes on the backup.
Kevin
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*From:* Martin, Jonathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:30 AM
*To:* Kevin Whittaker; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
*Subject:* RE: [Veritas-bu] VMWARE Backup question
I'm not sure what the "core" is, but if you are backing up the disk
files or data that resides on the master / host then you have to
specify that host name in the policy. If you want data on the virtual
disks (not the virtual disks themselves) then you have to install the
NBU client on the virtual machine and use that host name.
Think of backing up virtual machines like backing up cluster
resources. If you want a resource the cluster (virtual machine) has
use the cluster (virtual machine) name. If you want the node (host /
master) info then use that hostname. As usual, make sure all these
names and IPs are in DNS, both forward and reverse.
-Jonathan
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of
*Kevin Whittaker
*Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:17 AM
*To:* veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
*Subject:* [Veritas-bu] VMWARE Backup question
All,
Netbackup 5.1MP6
Ok, I am going to try and not sound too stupid about this. I am new
to backing up VMWARE and a little confused.
We have a Windows 2003 , running VMWARE Workstation 5. Well, we
loaded NetBackup client on the 2 VMWARE clients, also running Windows
2003, and they both backed up successfully.
We loaded the NetBackup client on the core area of the server and keep
getting a status code 58, for the first try and then a status code 24
for the second try. I was told, as long as I am not backing up the
dsk files, I should be able to do a normal backup of the core area.
I have done all the normal troubleshooting for 58 & 24 status codes
but nothing seems to work.
I can ping the master server from the core area and I can also do a
traceroute.
Anybody have any idea what I am missing?
Kevin Whittaker
Syniverse Technologies
Systems Engineer - UNIX Admin
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